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I think my wife might be one of the worst cooks of all time.

She made Miso soup, but she overcooked it and it came out as Miso sludge. There is somekind of Macaroni/Corn/Mayonnaise/brown chunks concoction on the stove top, but I am too much of a VJJ to eat it as it tastes like glue with salt.

As an Iron Hippy, I tend to do most of my own cooking. It's easy; peel fruit and eat. But, every so often she gets the hankerin' for using all this crap she bought for the kitchen.

Anyone else subjected to their fairer half's lack of culinary expertise?

My wife is an awesome cooking demon.

Wife can't cook, but that's no issue when we hire a maid to do it.

Actually that's not quite accurate. The wife can cook but she hates it. And considering we get the maid for a pound an hour I don't mind spending that kind of money to get decent food on the table and to let the wife have her way...She always has her way.

Everyone's?

Khornholio wrote:As an Iron Hippy...

Got to love any sentence that starts like that!


Mrs. Albatross is a terrific cook. She makes very nice Vietnamese cuisine and bakes a mean cake. Plus Sheperd's Pie. Can't go wrong with that.

My step kids will never eat food I make because they have been used to the burnt offerings their mum serves them.

However, she can make a nice cake when she has a mind to...go figure.

My wife can cook, but she doesn't really like to, so I end up doing most of it.

I can cook when I can be bothered, but a lot of it is a case of getting some stuff out the fridge and throwing it in a wok and pouring on random herbs and spices.

I would be quite happy to have stirfry for every meal but we often get box set meal kits and so on, which is something we are trying to resolve

My mother is a pretty rotten cook, I'm afraid.

Once when I was about six or seven, so my middle brother was about five, we went on a family holiday to a farmhouse hotel in Wales. It was the first time we had been on a catered holiday.

The first breakfast was served up, an excellent full English (or maybe Welsh). My brothe,r pointing to some brownish cylindrical items. asked the waitress;

"What are these things?"

"They're sausages, dear."

"But they're not black!"

Why would she have to?

No wife, no girlfriend. Kicked them all out the door. Buy, buy.

Now I cook once a week for myself. Cook a ton of fresh veg and rice. Wip up the odd chicken keiv or whatever to go with it. Hardly have to cook at all. Its great and healthy.

I so hate cooking for 2+ every day. Too much time and too much to clean.

My mother was the worst cook imaginable.

Think blue waffle* pizza.







*NOTE: do not ever google that ever you will die.

My wife can cook, but doesn't like to. Since she is stationed about 5 hours away from where I live she is only home on weekends anyway, not a big deal. I cook, she does the laundry (which I detest).)

Of course since she deploys for a year at the end of this month I guess I'll pick up all the chores for a while, unless I can dump them on my daughter....

Jake

Sorry to hear about the lack of cooking skills.
my wife is a fantastic cook and thankfully reminds me daily!

My Missus is a pretty decent cook when it comes to
A) Reasonably simple meals (Hamburgers,Fried Chicken,etc)
B) Latino Foods.
C) Baking.

For anything more complicated,I do the cooking...but that doesn't bother me as I honestly love to cook.

I've been a better cook than everyone I've dated. I can't stand people who are picky about food, and often prepare meals that only I will enjoy and a secondary bland, favorless piece of crap for the SO of the moment.

My wife is best at the following types of cooking, though I'm not saying she's bad at the other kinds:

1) Mexican
2) Italian
3) Baking

I usually handle things like grilling and whatnot. I'm a culinary student but she refuses to let me completely take over the cooking, and I am really not complaining.

My girlfriend lives quite far away, and she has a neurosis about cooking. She's also vegetarian. So I don't deal with much of her cooking.

Any of the other girls I've dated have been pretty bad cooks though. I remember one of them (the only one I lived with for a long time) cooked a curry one night. I made a face while eating it, and she laid into me, saying I couldn't do any better. I cooked a curry the next night, and she punched me in the arm and yelled "HOW DID YOU MAKE IT TASTE LIKE THAT!"

Monster Rain wrote:My wife is best at the following types of cooking, though I'm not saying she's bad at the other kinds:

1) Mexican
2) Italian
3) Baking

I usually handle things like grilling and whatnot. I'm a culinary student but she refuses to let me completely take over the cooking, and I am really not complaining.

Yes,when it comes to the grill my Missus is " Hands Off"...The things she has done to beautiful steaks would make any man weep.
Now the only "Grill" she uses is her " George Foreman Grill".

All my wife can do is spend money. Oh and stop me from playing warhammer. She can farmville up a storm though. I'd run away to Canada or Ireland if I could.

sexiest_hero wrote:All my wife can do is spend money. Oh and stop me from playing warhammer. She can farmville up a storm though. I'd run away to Canada or Ireland if I could.

My condolences.
What pray tell is "Farmville"?

No complaints regarding Mrs F's culinary skills. Had some great banana pancakes last night

FITZZ wrote:

sexiest_hero wrote:All my wife can do is spend money. Oh and stop me from playing warhammer. She can farmville up a storm though. I'd run away to Canada or Ireland if I could.

My condolences.
What pray tell is "Farmville"?

It's a Facebook thing....
not knowing is a good thing Mr. Fitzz!

alarmingrick wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

sexiest_hero wrote:All my wife can do is spend money. Oh and stop me from playing warhammer. She can farmville up a storm though. I'd run away to Canada or Ireland if I could.

My condolences.
What pray tell is "Farmville"?

It's a Facebook thing....
not knowing is a good thing Mr. Fitzz!

Aha..I see,I don't use Facebook...and the Missus only seems to use it for keeping in touch with some of her Family.
She does however watch Jersey Shore...so I suppose we all have our little crosses to bear.
...On topic,I've been informed she plans to bake some Brownies later today...so

FITZZ wrote:

alarmingrick wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

sexiest_hero wrote:All my wife can do is spend money. Oh and stop me from playing warhammer. She can farmville up a storm though. I'd run away to Canada or Ireland if I could.

My condolences.
What pray tell is "Farmville"?

It's a Facebook thing....
not knowing is a good thing Mr. Fitzz!

Aha..I see,I don't use Facebook...and the Missus only seems to use it for keeping in touch with some of her Family.
She does however watch Jersey Shore...so I suppose we all have our little crosses to bear.
...On topic,I've been informed she plans to bake some Brownies later today...so

Are they made with Cannerus' "Special" brownie mix?

chowderhead13 wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

alarmingrick wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

sexiest_hero wrote:All my wife can do is spend money. Oh and stop me from playing warhammer. She can farmville up a storm though. I'd run away to Canada or Ireland if I could.

My condolences.
What pray tell is "Farmville"?

It's a Facebook thing....
not knowing is a good thing Mr. Fitzz!

Aha..I see,I don't use Facebook...and the Missus only seems to use it for keeping in touch with some of her Family.
She does however watch Jersey Shore...so I suppose we all have our little crosses to bear.
...On topic,I've been informed she plans to bake some Brownies later today...so

Are they made with Cannerus' "Special" brownie mix?

No these won't be "special brownies", just regular "Eat 'em with a glass of milk" brownies...remember kids "Just say No!"..

I was informed this morning that the brown bits in her macaroni/mayo/corn concoction were clams.

It's also Valentine's day in Japan which means I will get to harvest chocolate all day long from googley eyed school girls and co-workers. I won't have to give anything in return. Only girls give out chocolate on Valentine's day here. Just wishing I didn't drink that loaf of bread last night in can form. I'm feeling a bit hungover.

Khornholio wrote:I was informed this morning that the brown bits in her macaroni/mayo/corn concoction were clams.

It's also Valentine's day in Japan which means I will get to harvest chocolate all day long from googley eyed school girls and co-workers. I won't have to give anything in return. Only girls give out chocolate on Valentine's day here. Just wishing I didn't drink that loaf of bread last night in can form. I'm feeling a bit hungover.

So, what your saying is that hot asian chicks are going to give you chocolate because they are infatuated with you?

No disrespect towards Mrs. Khornholio...but..why would she put clams (or Mayo and corn) into Mac & Cheese?

I'd trade cooking for miniature painting, but I have yet to find a gal that can do both and I cant do both at the same time. So I either paint or eat lol

Don't eat paint.